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Laura Lyne

Dublin judge Siofra O'Leary elected as first female President of European Court of Human Rights

A Dublin judge has been elected as the first female President of the European Court of Human Rights.

Siofra O’Leary has been the vice-president of the court since January and is set to take up her new role in November. She replaces Iceland’s Robert Spano.

It is also the first time an Irish judge has been appointed to the role. Ms Justice O'Leary was first elected to the ECHR as a judge in 2015.

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